Mandy Patinkin-Taylor Mac-Susan Stroman Project Eyes January Date

Patinkin becomes most excited when he talks about a new project that he’s been working off and on for two years with performer and drag artist Taylor Mac. Susan Stroman (Tony Award-winning director-choreographer “The Producers,” “Contact,” “The Scottsboro Boys”) recently joined Patinkin, Mac and pianist Paul Ford helpingproject and has helped focus the work which is called “The Last Two People On Earth: An Apocalyptic Vaudeville.”

Though it has music, the piece is a play, not a musical, says Patinkin who says the show’s existential theme might bring to mind Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot.” Another workshop and presentation for the piece is set for early January in New York.

“It’s not like anything I’ve ever done before,” he says. “And it’s been one of the most joyous experiences I’ve ever had.”